Castro's

Top choice in San José


Chepe's oldest dance club, this classic Latin American disco in Barrio México draws crowds of locals and tourists to its large dance floor with a dependable mix of salsa, cumbia (Colombian dance tunes) and merengue. And it's a three-in-one: sports bar, karoake bar, and disco: pick your poison (so to speak).


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2. Mercado Borbón

0.47 MILES

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3. Museo de los Niños & Galería Nacional

0.51 MILES

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4. Mercado Central

0.59 MILES

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6. Teatro Melico Salazar

0.78 MILES

On the north side of Parque Central is this theatre, which was built in 1928 in a beaux-arts style. It is named after the well-known Costa Rican tenor…

7. Parque Central

0.81 MILES

The city’s central park is more of a run-down plaza than a park. At its center is a grandiose bandstand that looks as if it was designed by Mussolini:…

8. Monumento León Cortés

0.83 MILES

This bronze statue of the 1930s Costa Rican president stands regally at the eastern entrance to La Sabana park.